– Offshore cranes and other equipment doing subsea work are provided with AHC systems to ensure presicion in high sea states and extreme weather conditions. The essential function of AHC technology is the ability to land and retrieve subsea installations ...

– The reduction of rolling provides better fuel/speed performance on rough seas, enhances crew safety and possibly their efficiency. The roll amplitude can be reduced by passive devices, such as bilge keels, or by active devices, such as hydrofoilshaped ...

– Chemicals added to fuel, lubricating oils or fresh water to improve their physical or chemical characteristics

– The mass of water which is considered to be set in motion by a ship when heaving, pitching, rolling and vibrating.

– Bonding strength; the attraction of a coating to the substrate, or to another film of paint or any other material such as steel.

– Substance that makes things stick.

– A motor providing rotary or linear motion.

– Registered trademark for AUS32 (Aqueous Urea Solution 32.5%) and is used in a process called selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen from the exhaust of diesel engine motor vehicles.

The Panama Canal Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (PCSOPEP) is a program that seeks to implement emergency preparedness strategies for Panama Canal waters. The PCSOPEP services aids the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in minimizing consequences of oil ...

– Governmental organizations, such as the United States Coast Guard (USCG), UK Marine Safety Agency (UK MSA), Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD), etc., that provide maritime services such as the issuance of certificates and classification of ships for ...

The Panama Canal Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (PCSOPEP) is a program that seeks to implement emergency preparedness strategies for Panama Canal waters. The PCSOPEP services aids the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in minimizing consequences of oil ...

Alfa - A = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( . - )Burgee flag= White at hoist, blue at the fly.When hoisted singly from a ship it means "Undergoing speed trial" (Kerchove).

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Bravo - B = signal letter and flag. Morse = ( - . . . ) Burgee flag= Red. When hoisted singly from a ship it means " I am discharging / loading explosives or flammable substances". Still widely used when bunkering.

A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour.

1.Always Afloat.In some port the ship runs aground when approaching, or at berth. Usually linked to SB.Advanced Analysis group. Abbreviations used by ABS

To bale a boat, is to throw water out of her.

The property which has been recovered from a wrecked vessel, or the recovery of the vessel herself.

Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, headquartered in Paris with membership consisting of the world's developed nations. Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA)It is the United States initiative to establish a world–wid ...

The part of a vessel's side between the after part of the main chains and the stern. The quarter of a yard is between the slings and the yard-arm. The wind is said to be quartering, when it blows in a line between that of the keel and the beam and abaft t ...